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Brian Weaver

@brianitguy.bsky.social

Chief dog walker, IT Tutor & CWGC volunteer. Former cyclist & rugby fan. Much geekiness in Tolkien, Dad's Army, Sherlock Holmes, aircraft & WW1 history

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Back in my Etsy shop,original box artwork of an ‘Astrolabe’ from ‘Entdecker’,published by Mayfair Games in 2001.#boardgame #boardgames #boardgamegeek #watercolour #boardgameart #entdecker #mayfairgames #columbus #astrolabe stephenwalshart.etsy.com/listing/1942...

07.12.2025 12:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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341 of 365 - #Tolkien paperbacks covers by John Howe, Ted Nasmith and Geoff Taylor

07.12.2025 06:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Halbarad and the Rangers of the North

06.12.2025 12:43 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The Long Winter, 1158: Gandalf helps the Hobbits

The Long Winter, 1158: Gandalf helps the Hobbits

Must be getting close to Yule, the @tolkiensociety.org card has arrived. Lovely art by @miriamellis.bsky.social #Tolkien

05.12.2025 15:17 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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After months of Smaug & Bilbo leaning against a bookcase, they are finally on the wall. Ltd ed signed David Wyatt print I picked up 2nd hand. From the cover of Harper Collins Modern Classics The Hobbit. #Tolkien #TheHobbit

05.12.2025 10:39 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Cheers guys, really interesting talk

04.12.2025 12:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Think i saw them twice there

03.12.2025 19:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They'll be playing the QMU

03.12.2025 17:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The Tower and the Ruin - Professor Michael Drout on his new book, Tolkien reading and scholarship
YouTube video by TolkienGuide The Tower and the Ruin - Professor Michael Drout on his new book, Tolkien reading and scholarship

We talked with Professor Michael D.C. Drout about his #Tolkien book _The Tower and the Ruin_, releasing today. It is a fantastic book and was a great conversation!

youtu.be/Jsx0ZPOqfS4

02.12.2025 16:58 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0

Thanks

02.12.2025 16:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is that a foreign or UK version?

02.12.2025 16:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wonder hiw many of tge artists are still active? Seen Liz Danforth art on the card games

02.12.2025 16:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Calendar for Tolkien Trewsday, full text can be found here: https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2025/02/tolkien-trewsday-year-three.html

Calendar for Tolkien Trewsday, full text can be found here: https://greenbookofthewhitedowns.blogspot.com/2025/02/tolkien-trewsday-year-three.html

🧙‍♂️ #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
📆 Week Week 145 (2/12/25): “Southern Middle-earth”

@officiallotro.bsky.social “The Lord of the Rings Online: Kingdoms of Harad” expected 03/12/25.

#TolkienTuesday

02.12.2025 07:38 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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The Court of Ardor in Southern Middle Earth Did a few adventures here back in the day Often wonder where all the MERP artwork is & one day hope it would be put in a book but due to legal reasons don't think it will ever happen Wonderful #Tolkien art/artists Art Gail Mcintosh #TolkienTrewsday

02.12.2025 07:34 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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334 of 365 - Garlands of Fantasy - The Art of Linda & Roger Garland #Tolkien

30.11.2025 06:58 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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It's December and it's The End of All Things. Fantastic artwork by #JohnHowe #Tolkien #LOTR

01.12.2025 10:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You put your headphones on your head? Taking things literally 😀

01.12.2025 10:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Bit of DIY today. New bannister on the Stairs of Cirith Ungol #Tolkien #LOTR #RalphBakshi

30.11.2025 11:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When winter first begins to bite and stones crack in the frosty night

29.11.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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333 of 365 - Poems from The #Hobbit #Tolkien

29.11.2025 05:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

They'll be a few Hardbottlers in there I reckon

28.11.2025 19:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I like these American editions

27.11.2025 09:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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331 of 365 - The 50th Anniversary of The #Hobbit #Tolkien

27.11.2025 06:49 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Orcs of the slightly off White Hand? 😀

25.11.2025 15:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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J'ai encore l'affiche

25.11.2025 13:44 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Justin Gerard: Frodo, Sam et Gollum à l'entrée de l'antre d'Araigne dont les parois sont recouvertes de toiles d'araignées.

Justin Gerard: Frodo, Sam et Gollum à l'entrée de l'antre d'Araigne dont les parois sont recouvertes de toiles d'araignées.

@tolkiendil.bsky.social #ArbrediTolkien #TolkienTrewsday

Thème : ECHOS

"Frodo et Sam n’avaient pas connu pareilles ténèbres depuis les sombres galeries de la Moria ; et elles étaient ici plus profondes et plus denses, si la chose était possible. ⬇️

25.11.2025 11:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

🧙‍♂️🧵 5/ 🔥 THIS MONTH 🔥 📢 #Tolkien #TolkienTrewsday November 2025 themes:

⭕ Week 141 (04/11/25) Akallabêth
⭕ Week 142 (11/11/25) The Great War
⭕ Week 143 (18/11/25) Fathers and Sons
⭕ Week 144 (25/11/25) Echoes

#TolkienTuesday

25.11.2025 08:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Elven Warriors by Pauline Baynes from Smith of Wootton Major

Elven Warriors by Pauline Baynes from Smith of Wootton Major

"Suddenly they lifted up their voices in a song of triumph & his heart was shaken with fear and he fell upon his face & they passed over him and went away into the echoing hills." The Elven Warriors from Smith of Wootton major. Echoes for #TolkienTrewsday #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social

25.11.2025 07:32 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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325 of 365 - 101st Birthday of Christopher #Tolkien

21.11.2025 07:24 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

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